Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM)

Should Your MES be PLM-centric or ERP-centric?

The architecture of your manufacturing systems should be guided by your manufacturing process. Complex engineer-to-order processes, with multiple manufacturing orders coming from PLM, have different …

Looking at Operational Excellence as a Value Stream

As we discussed in a previous blog, “From Point Solutions to Value Streams,” it’s time to look at the systems infrastructure of medical device manufacturers not as point solutions tackling particular…

Benefits of a Modern MES – 6 Key Requirements

Various manufacturing industries have different levels of MES adoption. For example, in the Semiconductor industry, almost every manufacturer has some type of MES deployed, and has for quite a while….

The Impetus for Paperless Manufacturing

Manufacturers in virtually all industry sectors have been made less efficient by paper-based processes. The problem with paper is manifold:

From a documentation perspective,the opportunity f…

Why MES for emerging Medical Device manufacturers

There’s a common belief that manufacturers need to have attained a certain scale before considering investing in technology like MES, but an increasing trend among emerging medical-device companies i…

Manufacturers have more to scrutinize to maximize resources

As manufacturers consider how to overcome rapidly increasing demand, shortened product life cycles, and reduced margins, they would do well to take a good look in their own backyard.
A McKinsey Ins…

Digitization vs. Digital Transformation in MedTech

We hear a lot of buzzwords – Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, Industrial Internet of Things, Digital Enterprise, Digital Twin, Virtual Factory, and so many more. We are going to focus on two here: D…

Global trends for Medical Device companies – An executive view from Terumo

In a series of interviews conducted by Dan Matlis, President of analyst firm Axendia, Terumo Cardiovascular Group executives Mark Lincoln, VP Global Operations, and Chris Zarecki, Director of Manufac…

Why focusing on Quality rather than Compliance makes good business sense

In medical device manufacturing, as well as other regulated industries, we have served two masters. One is the end consumer, without whom we have no business. The other is the FDA (or other regulator…